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Fernando I. Rivera University of Central Florida 4000 Central Florida Blvd Orlando, FL 32816-1360 Tel. (407) 823-6235 Email: [email protected] Education 2003 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Ph.D. Degree in Sociology Dissertation: “Exploring the Pathways that Mediate the Relationship Between Acculturation and Depression among Latinos”. Advisor: Dan R. Hoyt. 1998 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Master Degree in Sociology. Thesis: “The Role of Fathers in Latino Families”. Advisor: Paul R. Amato 1996 University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. Cum-Laude. Teaching and Work Experience 2016-2018 University of Central Florida Position: UCF Global Faculty Fellow Part time position to help the UCF Global team with the comprehensive internalization of UCF and providing support for the following activities: International Education Week events, Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning Summer Conference and other faculty outreach events, College and Department visits, UCF Global Student Council, the Intercultural Core Competencies initiative among others. 2015-2016 Position: Provost Faculty Fellow Assisted the Provost and the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning and Dean of Undergraduate Studies on the University of Central Florida Integrated Planning and Advising for Student Success in Higher Education (iPASS): Mapping and Tracking for Success program and assisted also with The Innovative Teaching and Learning Team. Assisted the Vice Provost for International Affairs and Global Strategies and her leadership team on a Distinguished Speaker Series with the Centro Universitario Das Cataratas (Brazil), served as search committee chair for the English Language Institute Director position, and assisted with other initiatives including collaborative efforts with the University of Cienfuegos (Cuba), assessing measures on intercultural knowledge and global learning, among others. Assisted the Vice Provost and the Office of Faculty Excellence staff on the priority setting and strategy committees in response to the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) survey results. 1 Along with the other Provost Faculty Fellow, Dr. William Self, assisted the Provost with the structural organization of UCF which resulted in a UCF Senate resolution (Resolution 2016-2017-14). I also worked on passing a UCF Senate resolution for the evaluation of associate professors to the rank of full (Resolution 2016-2017-18). We also put together a faculty-gathering event titled “Faculty Fridays”. 2015-2017 Position: Associate Chair, Department of Sociology As associate chair I assisted the Chair in the administration of department business (except for faculty salaries and promotion) and took the responsibilities of the Chair when the Chair was away from the University. 2011-2013 Position: Faculty-in-Residence McNair Scholars Program Advised McNair scholars and travel with the scholars to the McNair Scholars Research Conference at the University of Puerto Rico, University of Delaware, and the University of Maryland-College Park. 2011-current Position: Associate Professor Department of Sociology Courses taught: Family Trends (face to face and online), General Sociology, Medical Sociology (face to face, honors, graduate, and on- line), Patterns of Mental Health in Society, Social Determinants of Health, Social Research in the Family (Graduate), Race and Ethnicity (Graduate). 2005-2011 Position: Assistant Professor Department of Sociology 2003-2005 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Position: Postdoctoral Fellow Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research 1998-2000 University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez Campus Position: Instructor Department of Social Sciences Courses taught: Introduction to Social Sciences I and II, Sociology of Health, Criminology. 1996-1998, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2000-2001 Position: Graduate Teaching Assistant Department of Sociology Courses taught: Introduction to Sociology, Marriage & Family, Nationality and Race Relations. Research and Teaching Interests Sociology of Mental Health, Medical Sociology, Latino/a Sociology, Race 2 and Ethnicity, Disasters, Family Publications Research Monographs Kapucu, Naim, Hawkins, Christopher, and Fernando I. Rivera. (Eds.) 2013. Disaster Resiliency: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN: 978-0-415-62689-7 Rivera, Fernando I. and Naim Kapucu. 2015. Disaster Vulnerability, Hazards, and Resilience: Perspectives from Florida. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-319-16452-6 Rivera, Fernando I. (Editor). Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research. Special Populations. Elsevier Publishing Co. (forthcoming November 2018). Peer-Reviewed Articles Burgos, Giovani, Rivera, Fernando I. and Marc Garcia. 2017. “Contextualizing the Relationship between Culture and Puerto Rican Health: Towards a Place-Based Framework of Minority Health Disparities” CENTRO: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Vol. 29, 3, 36-73. Aranda, Elizabeth and Rivera, Fernando I. 2016 “Puerto Rican Families in Central Florida: Prejudice and Discrimination and their Implications for Successful Integration” Women, Gender, and Families of Color, Vol. 4, 1, 57-85. Rivera, Fernando I. Kapucu, Naim, and Christopher Hawkins. 2015 “Rural Community Disaster Resiliency: Self-Organizing Collective Action among Farmworkers in Central Florida” International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, Vol. 33, 2, 213-227. Kapucu, Naim, Hawkins, Christopher, and Fernando I. Rivera. 2013 "Disaster Preparedness and Resilience for Rural Communities" Risk, Hazards, and Crisis in Public Policy, Vol. 4, 4, 215-233. Burgos, Giovani and Fernando I. Rivera. 2012 “Residential Segregation, Socioeconomic Status, and Disability: A Multilevel Study of Puerto Ricans in the United States” CENTRO: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Vol. 24, 2, 14-47. Rivera, Fernando I. and Giovani Burgos. 2012. “A Review of Body Mass Index Reduction Interventions among Mexican Origin Latinos and 3 Latinas”. California Journal of Health Promotion, Vol. 10, Special Issue: Health Disparities in Latino Communities, 99-113. Rivera, Fernando I. 2012. "Cultural Mechanisms in the Exchange of Social Support among Puerto Ricans Help after a Natural Disaster”. Qualitative Health Research, Vol. 22, 6, 801-809. Rivera, Fernando I., Irene Lopez, Peter J. Guarnaccia, Ramirez, Rafael, Canino, Glorisa, and Bird, Hector. 2011. “Perceived Discrimination and Antisocial Behaviors in Puerto Rican Children” Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, Vol. 13, 3, 453-461. Rivera, Fernando I., Lieberman, Leslie S, Rivadeneyra, Gloria, and Sallas, Anita. 2010. “Using a Social Marketing Framework to Transform an Education Program: Lessons from the Hispanic Obesity Prevention and Education (PESO) Program”. Social Marketing Quarterly, Vol. 16, 2, 2- 17. Rivera, Fernando I. and Giovani Burgos. 2010 “The Health Status of Puerto Ricans in Florida”. CENTRO: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Vol. 22, 1, 198-271. López, Irene, Fernando Rivera, Rafael Ramirez, Peter J. Guarnaccia, Glorisa Canino, and Héctor R. Bird. 2009. “Ataques de Nervios and Its Association to Psychopathology in Puerto Rican Children”. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Vol. 197, 12, 923-929. Burgos, Giovani and Fernando I. Rivera. 2009. “The (In) Significance of Race and Discrimination among Hispanic Youth: The Case of Depressive Symptoms”. Sociological Focus, Vol. 42, 2, 152-171. Rivera, Fernando I., Peter J. Guarnaccia, Norah Mulvaney-Day, Julia Lin, Maria Torres and Margarita Alegría. 2008 “Family Cohesion and its Relationship to Psychological Distress among Latino Groups”. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 30, 3, 357-378. Ford, Jason A. and Fernando I. Rivera. 2008. “The Non-Medical Use of Prescription Drugs among Hispanics”. Journal of Drug Issues-Special Issue- Explaining Contemporary Hispanic Drug Use/Abuse: Issues and Challenges, Vol. 38, 1, 285-310. Rivera, Fernando I. 2007. “Contextualizing the Experience of Young Latino Adults: The Relationship between Acculturation and Depression”. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, Vol. 9, 3. 237-244. Rivera, Fernando I. 2005. “Acculturation, Perceived Discrimination, and Depression Among a Sample of Latino Youth”. Psychline: Journal of 4 Hispanic American Psychiatry, Vol 4, 5, 18-29. Torres-Stone, Rosalie., Rivera, Fernando I., and Berdahl, Terceira. 2004. “Predictors of Depression among Non-Hispanic Whites, Mexicans, and Puerto Ricans: A Look at Race/Ethnicity as a Reflection of Social Relations” Race and Society, Vol. 7, 2, 79-94. Amato, Paul R. and Fernando Rivera. 1999. “Paternal Involvement and Children’s Behavior Problems”. Journal of Marriage & the Family Vol.61, 2, 375-384. Book Chapter Rivera, Fernando I. and J. Scott Carter (In-Press). "The Future is Now: Colorblindness, Diversity, and the College Experience. Racial Differences in Perception of the Racial Campus Climate and Other Racial Issues" in Underneath the Thin Veneer: Critical Diversity, Multiculturalism, Inclusion in the Workplace a volume of Studies in Critical Social Sciences. Edited by D. Embrick, S. Collins, and M. Dodson. New York, NY: Brill. Peer Reviewed Book Chapters (* indicates student author) Kapucu, Naim, Hawkins, Christopher V., and Rivera, Fernando I. 2013. “Disaster Resiliency: Interdisciplinary Perspectives” Pp. 15-20 in Disaster Resiliency: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, edited by Kapucu, N., Hawkins, C. and Rivera, F.I. Rivera, Fernando